It's 3 AM and I must be lonely...

No, I just can't seem to sleep. You would think it wouldn't be a problem for me after all the fun we had yesterday. Some friends of ours invited us to a bbq and swimming and we had a great time. The kids all played really hard and there was NO KID DRAMA! Imagine that. The food was good and we actually spoke to other adults! Only downside? I brought my camera, but left the memory card in the computer! Ugh!

The remodeling is going well...we have a new tub and the tub walls are up...it is going to be so much better than it was!

I finally sent out Lindsey's birthday invites. Hope some of the kids will be able to come, I know alot are taking summer vacations at the end of the month, we will see!

Thursday, we tried to keep busy while they were working in the house. My Mom & I took them to the Children's Museum. There was some new areas for them to play in, but what surprised me the most was who LOVED the dinosaur exhibit.

Natalie! She would cry to go back to the "Dinothors!!". So funny.

I loved their caring for teeth display. They had the history of toothbrushes and a game to decide which foods are healthiest for your teeth, but Lindsey had the best time brushing the teeth with the big toothbrush.

Can you imagine having a giant Operation game when you were younger? So cool!

Wednesday we visited with my Grandma...

Can you believe he is this tall? My grandmother is pretty tall, so this is strange to see Tyler almost reach her!After lunch, there was some serious card-playing going on.Also, some serious cuteness! She kissed every one of those bunnies...so sweet and can you get over the cuteness of this shirt? If they had one in my size, I'd grab it! Also, I wouldn't mind those curls!

I'm off to bed...there is laundry to conquer tomorrow! Are you as excited as I am?

Struggling to stay ahead...

It seems I have been saying this way too often lately, but man...do I feel like I am drowning. Our main bathroom is getting redone..they started on Tuesday, along with our back room. We have finally picked the fridge we want, but keep procrastinating about getting it. We are checked out some preschools for Michael this week and decided on one & Lindsey's party is on the 26th. Add in that mix our own little version of summer stir crazy and I am stressed. I know it will all be okay once it is done....I guess I am a worrywart.

Here is a little glimpse at the cuteness I am surrounded by daily that reminds me to keep my sanity for the remaining 2 weeks of remodeling( and knowing that school starts in exactly 31 days!) :)

Yes, that is my 2 year old on a bike and actually pedaling it! She found Lindsey's old bike and loves it....gotta go get her a helmet now. I don't know what it is about this pic of Michael, but I love his eyes in it. He is so expressive with them.

Brilliante Premio Award

Imagine my surprise when I went to my new bloggin friend, Lori's blog and found that she had passed this award on to me! Thank you, Lori!

I nominate Monica, Stacy, Cristin, Rachel, Kacey, Cristina, & Kim Sue! These women inspire me with their creativity, incredible story-telling, and are just nice people that I am so happy to have met here in the blogosphere!

Here are the rules:

1) Post the logo on your blog.

2) Add a link to the person who nominated you.

3) Nominate 7 other people for this award and add links to their blog.

4) Leave message for the people that you nominated!:-)

Congratulations guys! You all brighten my day!

A Giveaway!

One of my new bloggin friends, Lori, is celebrating the opening of her Etsy shop, Too Silly Sisters . Enter to win a pair of pretty earrings....Check it out!

Makes me smile

Click on the photo above to get the full cuteness effect.

every single time I look at Lindsey playing in the rain. Do something that makes you this happy today. I know I am going to!

June Highlights...

Except for my cousin and niece visiting, I haven't really talked about what we have been up to.

I've been enjoying some Etsy shopping.

Found this adorable pillowcase dress at FreshlyPicked. She also has a great blog at FreshlyPicked.

This cute little set that I couldn't get my girl to take a decent photo in was found at SweetBabyTot's shop. So fun.And lastly, I found this cuter than cute skirt at the LoveSeptember shop. She also has a great blog VermillionRules

I've been so happy watching the summer sky here. I have always been a cloud watcher. It relaxes me, imagine my surprise when I caught this on camera. What do you see?


LOTS and LOTS of swimming. As in, Lindsey is swimming the entire length of the pool with no stopping. Handstands, double flips and cannonballs galore. Michael is now getting better with going under and now jumps to us from the side of the pool...such an improvement. Natalie our little fish is a jumper and loves the water. It has been fun to see Tyler playing with all the kids this summer. Last year, he really wasn't having it.

Lindsey and Michael LOVED VBS. Especially Michael....he went where his big sister went, so he was big stuff.

We've caught some super sweet moments ON FILM!

And some crazy...
And some attitude. We caught up on some reading
And wore fun hats.
We crashed after spending hours in the pool in what looks like painful ways.
We thanked our friends, The Meyers, for their generous gift of hand-me-down clothes, a toy box and a HUGE amount of Polly Pockets....the girl is set. Thanks guys.

We had a good time with wet chalk. Tyler had a great time at his weeklong youth theater camp. It was High School Musical and he was a skater.....no pics since the seats were so high up. He did a good job though!

On our way to pick him up from camp, it started raining and raining hard. There was hail and the car was shaking from the gusts of wind. I was worried that the kids would be frightened but this is what I found:

a boy in his raincoat when it was 100 outside...asleep.
& Natalie w/her computer hanging there.
Tyler got soaked and we got caught in between 3 washes running. It was unnerving with 4 kids safety to think about too. We got home about an hour later than we normally do. Crazy monsoon weather.

Oh yeah, there was some swimming.

Our fridge bit it and now we are on the hunt for a new one. Thankfully, we still had the old one on the porch...affectionately known as the "popsicle one".

It has been a fun summer so far...wonder what July will bring.

Good mail remembered.

We have rec'd some great good mail of the past couple of months that I forgot to mention.

When we arrived home from our Disney trip on Mother's Day....my good friend Janice surprised me with a beautiful Mother's Day card and some (much needed) yummy scented Bath and Body Works shower gels. Such a treat!

Kacey was generous enough to send Michael his very own drawing pad. Thanks Kacey! And if you haven't checked out her Doodlebugs site, you are missing out. Check it out.

The kids got a terrific box in the mail from our friends The Harmons. Books for all. Talk about perfect timing. They loved all of them, thanks guys! No pjotos because the entire time I was taking them there was no memory card in the camera....they were cute though, I swear.

I participated in a Summer Reading Swap and rec'd my box yesterday! Thank you so much Lori! I finished the reese's, but the kids helped with the Crunch and Munch. I am already half way through the book....you were right I am enjoying it. Thanks so much!